Nocturne with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Nocturne and Tahm Kench
based on 5,040 Nocturne with Tahm Kench pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nocturne Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
Best Nocturne vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Nocturne Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Nocturne and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Nocturne with Tahm Kench
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
Advice to Understand How Tahm Kench Will Play
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
Nocturne Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Nocturne in LoL
The Nocturne Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nocturne sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Tahm Kench helps Nocturne perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nocturne tries to synergize with Tahm Kench, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This could signal that Tahm Kench helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nocturne is played together with Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Tahm Kench. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Tahm Kench.
Moreover, when Nocturne plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Tahm Kench does a poor job of covering Nocturne during teamfights.
Synergies between Nocturne and Tahm Kench
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Nocturne better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no perfect ally for Nocturne that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Tahm Kench is a good ally for Nocturne. By locking into the same team as Nocturne, he increases their win rate by 1.8% to 53.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Nocturne and Tahm Kench that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Tahm Kench has a greater difficulty than Nocturne. That means you need to be careful when lining up Tahm Kench allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Nocturne players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by pairing Nocturne and Tahm Kench together, you probably will not be granting your team a great deal of AP. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Tahm Kench teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
Other Champion Matchups Against Nocturne
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Nocturne Players
How We Calculated Our Nocturne Tahm Kench Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to work well with Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Nocturne and Tahm Kench synergy build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Tahm Kench than with most other common builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 53.6% helping carry Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Tahm Kench with Nocturne are shown for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.